In 2018, I opened a total of 15 bank accounts (split between checking, savings, and brokerage cash accounts). 8 of those accounts are now closed, 7 accounts are still open, and I am still waiting for bonuses from 2 of those accounts to post. Here are all the bank accounts I opened, the date they were closed and the bonus I received. To be fair, I am still waiting for the $125 bonus to post to my Meriwest Credit Union Checking Account and the $150 bonus to post to my TIAA Bank Yield Pledge Checking Account, but I met the requirements already, so now I just need to wait. Doctor of Credit keeps a very detailed and up-to-date bank account bonuses page.

Good morning everyone, I hope you had a great weekend. I meant to publish this post a few weeks ago, but better late than never. Chase has started to roll out more and more Chase Offers (similar to AMEX Offers) on several Chase credit cards. In this post, I will show you how long it took for a Lowe’s Chase Offer to post to my account. The Lowe’s Chase Offer provided 10% cash back on the first $120 spent, for a maximum of $12 cash back. I added the Lowe’s Chase Offer to my Chase Sapphire Reserve Credit Card on December 9, 2018. That same day, I went to Lowe’s and spent $96.60 (combination of a Christmas tree, stand, and some gift cards). After the Lowe’s purchase posted to my credit card, the Lowe’s Chase Offer showed up under my Redeemed tab of Chase Offers. The terms state that the statement credit should post within 7-14 business days, so let’s see how long it really took.

Good morning everyone, happy New Year’s Eve! What a crazy year it has been. Based on Google Analytics numbers, here are the top 10 blog posts written in 2018 and the top 10 blog posts of the year (written before 2018). If you have a favorite post of the year that is not listed, please let me know in the comments. Without further ado, here is the first top 10 list:

I’m surprised my Zelle / Venmo PSA post was so popular, but I’m glad that the word got out. It’s important to know what kind of scams exist and how to avoid them. Learn from these mistakes to keep your money safe.

Good morning everyone, happy Friday! According to the news, yesterday and today are 2 of the busiest travel days of the year (roughly 3 million people are projected to travel both days). If you are traveling this holiday season and especially if you are traveling with friends or family members, I highly recommend creating a second Gogo account. Let me explain why. A few days ago, I got the following email from Gogo regarding my 10 free Gogo passes for having an American Express Business Platinum Charge Card (if you have this charge card, I will show you how to get your 10 free Gogo passes below.)

I tend to fly Southwest Airlines often and they do not offer Gogo, so most of my Gogo passes expire at the end of the year. But of the few times when I am travelling on an airplane that offers Gogo, I am usually travelling with my girlfriend and Gogo only allows you to use 1 Gogo pass per flight. If you have more than 1 Gogo account, you can use passes from each Gogo account on the same flight. Pretty novel idea, right?